2. TtPHLOPS. 51 



praefrontal considerably enlarged ; four ui)per labials. Diameter of 

 body 50 to 68 times in the total length ; tail twice and a half as 

 long as broad, ending in a spine. 20 or 22 scales round the body. 

 Pale brown, lighter iiiferiorly. 



Total length 410 millim. 



Philippines, Moluccas, North-west Australia. 



a. Ad. Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. (Type.) 



h. Ad. Mysol. 



c. Ad. Malay Archipelago. Dr. Bleeker. 



d. Yg. Champiou Bay. Mr. Duboulay [C.]. 



83. Typhlops cuiningii. (Plate III. fig. 4.) 



Onychophis cumiugii, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 133 (1845). 

 Onychocephalus cumingi, BoetUj. Tier. Sench. Ges. 1886, p. 104. 



Snout very prominent, with a narrow, subcrescentic sharp 

 transverse edge and inferior nostrils. Rostral large, its upper 

 part longer than broad and about half the width of the head, not 

 extending to the level of the eyes, its lower part as broad as long ; 

 nasal completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the second 

 labial ; prceocular present, narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in 

 contact with the third labial only ; praefrontal not enlarged, 

 parietals broad ; eyes distinct ; four upper labials. Diameter of 

 body 48 to 52 times in the total length ; tail four or five times as 

 long as broad, ending in a spine. 24 scales round the body. Olive- 

 brown above, yellowish inferiorlj*. 



Total length 305 millim. 



Philippines. 



a-b. Ad. & hgi". Philippines. H. Cumiug, Esq. [C.]. I ^m ^ 



c. Ad. ? Su- E. Belcher [P.]. f ^^^P^^'^ 



84. Typhlops simoni. 



Onychocephalus simoni, Boettg. Ber. Send,-. Ges. 1878-79, p. 58, and 

 1880-81, p. 135, pi. iii. fig. 1. 



Snout very prominent, pointed, with sharp cutting edge and 

 inferior nostrils. Head-shields granulated ; rostral very large, both 

 upper and lower parts longer than broad ; nasal cleft extending 

 from the first labial to the nostril, which is close to the rostral ; 

 prajocular present, as large as the ocular, but much smaller than 

 the nasal, in contact with the second and third labials ; eyes not 

 distinguishable ; prajfrontal and supraoculars larger than the scales 

 on the body ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 57 to 60 times 

 in the total length ; tail slightly longer than broad, without terminal 

 spine. 20 scales round the body. Colourless. 



Total length 165 millim. 



Palestine. 



a. Ad. ? Haifa. Senckenberg Museum [E.]. 



£ 2 



